שכן

שכן

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic سَكَنَ‎ (sakana, “to reside, inhabit”).

Root
שׁ־כ־ן‎

Verb

שָׁכַן • (shakhán) (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון \\ לִשְׁכֹּן‎, future ישכון \\ יִשְׁכֹּן‎)

1. to dwell, reside
   • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃‎‎

     ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
     kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.

     For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

2. to be housed, located

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁכַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לשכון \\ לִשְׁכֹּן‎ action noun: שְׁכִינָה‎ passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	שָׁכַנְתִּי‎		שָׁכַנּוּ‎
	second	שָׁכַנְתָּ‎	שָׁכַנְתְּ‎	שְׁכַנְתֶּם‎1	שְׁכַנְתֶּן‎1
	third	שָׁכַן	שָׁכְנָה‎	שָׁכְנוּ‎
present		שׁוֹכֵן‎	שׁוֹכֶנֶת‎	שׁוֹכְנִים‎	שׁוֹכְנוֹת‎
future	first	אשכון \\ אֶשְׁכֹּן‎		נשכון \\ נִשְׁכֹּן‎
	second	תשכון \\ תִּשְׁכֹּן‎	תִּשְׁכְּנִי‎	תִּשְׁכְּנוּ‎	תשכונה \\ תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה‎2
	third	ישכון \\ יִשְׁכֹּן‎	תשכון \\ תִּשְׁכֹּן‎	יִשְׁכְּנוּ‎	תשכונה \\ תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה‎2
imperative		שכון \\ שְׁכֹן‎	שִׁכְנִי‎	שִׁכְנוּ‎	שכונה \\ שְׁכֹנָּה‎2
notes		Pronounced שָׁכַנְתֶּם‎ and שָׁכַנְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• שְׁכִינָה‎ (sh'khiná)

Noun

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) m (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים‎, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה‎)

1. neighbor

Related terms

• שְׁכוּנָה‎ (sh'khuná)

Adjective

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) (feminine שְׁכֵנָה‎, masculine plural שְׁכֵנִים‎, feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֹת‎)

1. neighboring

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁכֵן‎.

Noun

שכן • (shokhn) m, plural שכנים‎ (shkheynem)

1. neighbour